Judge orders Giuliani to pay fees in defamation case
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud, entering a default...
View ArticleJudge dismisses state lawmaker’s defamation suit
OMAHA, Neb. — A judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Nebraska lawmaker against a conservative political action committee that labeled her a child “groomer” and sexual abuser in online posts,...
View ArticleJudge limits Trump lawyers’ arguments in defamation trial
NEW YORK — A judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump’s lawyers can’t present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial on a jury’s conclusion last year that he didn’t...
View ArticleCourt dismisses professor’s lawsuit against student newspaper
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A judge Monday dismissed a University of Notre Dame’s professor’s defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication over news coverage of her abortion-rights advocacy. St. Joseph...
View ArticleTrump briefly testifies in defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump was on and off the witness stand at a jury trial Thursday in less than 3 minutes but not before breaking a judge’s rules on what he could say by claiming that a...
View ArticleDefamation settlement prompts website’s shutdown
A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that the site now disavows. The website also is planning...
View ArticleOpinion Digest: Coach awarded $200K; court splits on defamation definition
AT A GLANCE Jeffrey L. Cruce, Berkeley High School coach and athletic director, was relieved of those duties in December 2015 and made a guidance counselor after a challenging season. An email sent to...
View ArticleSandy Hook families ask judge to liquidate Jones’ company
Relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are asking a bankruptcy judge to liquidate conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, including Infowars, instead of allowing him...
View ArticleBankruptcy trustee discloses plan to liquidate Jones’ assets
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes...
View ArticleBuster Murdaugh sues media companies over programs
HAMPTON — Buster Murdaugh, the son of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, has sued seven media companies and a newspaper editor, alleging he was defamed by comments included in television programs about...
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